Beehive.



M. TENYKK.

BEEHIVE.

APPLICATION ILED MAR. 10. 1915.

1,144,878. Patented June 29, 1915.

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M. TENYKK.

4 BEEHIVE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. 191-5.

Patnted June 29, 1915.

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Grim-1a M. TENYA/K.

BEEHIVE.

APPUCATION FILED MAR. I0, 1915.

. Patented June 29, 1915.

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MiCI-IAEL TENYAK, or AMHERST,'OHIO.

I provide a bee-hive orzapiary designed for BEEHIVE.

To all whom it may concern V 1 Be it lmow'n that I, MICHAEL TENYAK, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Amherst, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beehives, of which'the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to certaln new and useful improvements in bee-hives.

' The primary object of this invention is to the accommodation of aplurality of framecarrying racks, the frames being adapted for holding honey boxes or comb supports of a pre-determinedcommercial size and the said racks being arranged one above the other and slidably removable through the hinged doors of the hive casing.

A further object is to provide a bee-hive arranged in two storiesfor the accommodae tion of the, comb holders, the upper story being closable when desired for employing only the lower story, for the'operations of the bees.

making operation.

A still further object is to provide a beehive having acasing which is well ventilated and is adapted tohold honey-receiving comb portions, the casing having a hinged transparent door for allowing visual access to the interior of the hive during the honey With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood,- the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the" appended claims.

"throughout the several views :Figure 1 is 1 a front elevation of the hive withthe upper "view. of the ventilating slide removed. Fig.

door in its open position and partially broken away. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the device. Fig. a'central vertical longi- "tudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a 7 horizontal sectional View taken upon him IVIV of'Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective "f6 is a perspective detail view showing the communicating passage between the upper and lower compartments of the casing and slidable closure therefor. Fig. 7 is a per- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 29 1915,

. Application filed March 10, 1915. Serial No. 13,506.

spective view of the sliding closure removed from the partition. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of an end portion of one of the removable racks employed within the casing, and, Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the honey-comb mounting frames provided for the said racks.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a casing 10 having a gabled roof 11 and provided with upper and lower compartments 12 and 13 respectively, each of which is open at the front of the casing and i'sprovided with a hinged closure and door 14. A central horizontal partition 15 is provided within the casing between the said two compartments while similar entrance openingslfi are provided in the rear wall 17 of the casing for allowing the bees -to have free passage to and from the said compartments. The entrance 16] of the upper compartment 12 is provided with a closure slide18 having ventilating perforations 19 therethrough by means of the handle 20secured thereto. g

A glass door'21'is hingedly mounted at the open side of the upper compartment 12 rearwardly of the solid closure door 14 thereof and by this means the interiorof the The partition 15 is provided with a vertical passage 22 therethrough adapted to be opened and closed by the closure member 23 which is slidably mounted in a central transverse passage or guide channel 24 of the said partition 15, the said closure having a stop pin 25 projecting therefrom into the passage 22 and it will thus be evident that I thezsaid closure 23 may be slidably posi- In'the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts i tioned inwardly forclosing the passage 22 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 orthe same may be withdrawn outwardly as far as permitted by the said pin 25, and thus opening the said passage 22 as illustrated inFig. 6.

The outer end'of the closure 23' is provided with spaced triangular lugs 31 and by means of which the said closure may be engaged for slidably moving the same for opening and closing the passage 22. When the said closure ispositioned in its closed reupper compartment may be readily seen upon opening the outer door 14.

said lugs for engaging the oppositeinner the ,open! front portions thereof. when the. doors 14: are open while leaf springs 27 are mounted within each compartmentand upon the rear casing wall 17 and adapted tobe t ontae d nd sl ght y elevated by h e ter ing racks, which springs thereby slightly retain the racks position when-slid to the fli nitofetheiriinward m eme t W in t mompartments, andagainst the rearstops 28 provided therein. These racks 26- are provided upon the inner faces of their flipper, an lower. sid th ,alining spa ed lug 2 'Wl 1 i0h are adapted to slidably -receive;therebetween as many of the frames 30gas the racks arerdesigned to accommodate; a

11. w b unde too ha t p y- "ment of the present bee hive, 1the artificially w rmed m cham r sfurnie ed in seeb n an edapted to be fi le y i h e ere; m-

pl y ere-i us a ye he11ere ent mein :the ep e y us ne 11 plurali y of eemb J :pe tien ar r a g in th f m 30 and .eee of th sam -may des -gn ur v a s qu'enti yi We g te hcm y, u

es a m poun tw .peu d7v or t ree @p und box. The frames 30 being thusfilledwith heeem b x r l d h y Pe i on d w hin the racks. 26 and th'efifacks areslidably placed within-the. compartments. 112;.and 13 and the -}front, doors -,of the casing are-Q closed.

zThe;bees gain access to ,the comb within the lower compartment 13 through the rear opening 12 ofthe'zca ingnnd'aregthus ene abled to fill the lcomb' w-ith honey, When i :to also I us t pp r eompe 12, 'the closure 23;;is ,slid outwardly to its open position as shown inllig. 6 anddahe bees may freely pass-through thegpartitioni-opening'22 while {they also have free access to the upper -con p'artment through ;the gopening 5 z e e si g ree well-1 h f amesniov ed with the frames iinountedqtherein. When ,a frame has been removed, the separate boxes of honey are taken therefrom and are ready for commercial use-as honey in the a comb while of course, the "honey; may be extracted I from the eornb "before @selling the same if desired in,.;any of the well-known m nnene- 1 l ,It willfthus be seen that a-serv'lcefable hive is provided in which the quantities .of honey con venient for use will result froinr the V week of t e bee wh l l el -v nt lete -e d su t-ab e i mpentmen e e i re i Wh e the rwe le v 7 said partition furt er fe lemme l ei fes ngien e p tit transv s ep ln t r in .5 ed te tt eb me esll ipeeit en the Eforms fQf .th riniven e e i shown and describedare wh'at'f believed to e th pr ferr embodimentefiheree is ineverthele'ssfto be understood fthat nlj o changes may be .made, without, "departing from the spirit and 'scoi'vjepfthj- 'ventidn eS1se!;;..fQr ll t eppe d de ei WhatI'claimas-new is i v I I I v "1. t e-nee eemp i g' ie i he n 'a transverse partition forined with 'aepassage therethrough and "the rear" thereefwt ssaidupe tie -videdxwith" at-inwa d y, pe communicating Wi -the r e (receiving zc mpert ents, mounted in saidcha mel A 4 h en n rims; s leizedl ge'upe its. ter endat eans ban ed,byesa'dgclo are fifl dapfied;to; engage I pessag t l lim t-melon; f

1 o .eempe tm nt; E1311? ,;door constituting aclosure gfo Op n: end :Q isflid :eh -nnelyfihe pqs t ened, ,with ll fi zeuter 4%, a. harmel w en th eldsur is i 52 sition transversely ofgthe said passage be ibiae e mpr e angre-eeeing upper end eu rkbe n et gifih qu h iiee. e .waz l, zeiperfiq eted sli e shift bl adjacent he a d unne in e lpa zt t e W hin 'tlll x ilkl ql l l l transverse "passage th'erethroiigh, wpert bien ding he ee ing-infi r upp end azl wer/ emper ent, 1 l lel l ele Life the "seirclpesse eie edz y e se I e memb r adapt t en a e e s de We l eid Pas e to. imi it e'e tw rd mev men of said closure member a cl osur door for the lower 'compartment 'Pand a-'-glas -ih ng elesmfez em pf I meneend;henememb .e. l e lyavp sitieh dl Wi per ments' e d alvin silie'ntly engaged beneath upperQ-and :1

'e ne terme n la k i fil ii e ete m n eeee wit e d -e emi gae sure plate inoujnted said jcha" @ee ti ie'nevenin -eng ne sea closure plate adapted to engage a side wall of said opening to limit the outward movement of the closure plate. I

5. A bee-hive including a casing, a partition dividing the easing into independent compartments, guide tracks arranged in each compartment, racks slidably mounted in each compartment and limited in their inward movement by said guides, and resilient members carried by said casing adapted to engage said racks to retain the same in 1 position within the casing.

6. A bee-hive including a casing,

E. E. FOSTER, WM. MILLER.

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